“““Oi, bastard! Come out!”””
“…… I’m sleepy……”
The next day, even though it was early in the morning, we were woken up by a curse coming from outside the inn.
The drunk men who were thrown out by the innkeeper yesterday seemed to have been making noise since daybreak. Everyone rubbed their sleepy eyes as they got dressed and then we all went downstairs.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such brave idiot.”
“G-good morning. I’m sorry for yesterday……”
“Oh, good morning. You don’t have to apologize. There must be something going on if they’re making that much noise.”
The innkeeper, whose temples are twitching, said so about those drunk men.
It certainly doesn’t seem like they are just cocky because they are drunk.
“What are you going to do?”
“Shut them up and hand them over to the soldiers. That’s the only option.”
The innkeeper went out of the inn and we followed behind.
“Oh, if it isn’t the kid from yesterday! The innkeeper is here too.”
“Don’t look down on us!”
“That’s right! We’re members of the Red Scorpion, the gang that can shut up even a crying child!”
“Hoh~, that’s an interesting thing to say.”
“Right. He is saying something stupid.”
It’s no wonder they are cocky.
The drunk uncles from yesterday claimed to be a member of the Red Scorpion. The innkeeper and I were stunned that they had said something that stupid.
“““Uryaa! Gubu——”””
“Muu-, Shiro wanted to beat them….…”
“““Too weak……”””
The uncles pulled out their knife and attacked us but was quickly defeated by Ao’s charge. Ao’s blow to their stomach was so strong that their body was bent into a C-shape. Shiro looks dissatisfied that she was not able to make a move though.
But if Shiro does it, these drunkards will surely be dead.
They may have been drinking until the early hours of the morning as they are throwing up something that reeks of alcohol.
Not only us, but the people around us who watched the whole scene were embarrassed by how weak they were.
Ao felt like it was over so she came back to us boringly.
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“Oh, so the innkeeper saw the whole thing. Then, what happened?”
“These guys, claiming to be members of the Red Scorpion, attacked us with knives.”
“What!?”
A soldier who had heard the commotion came to our place and talked to the innkeeper about it. He was surprised to hear the name of the dark organization.
“Then, who defeated them?”
“It’s this slime.”
“Huh?”
“I said, they were defeated by this slime. Still, even though this slime is strong, these guys are a little too weak.”
The soldier couldn’t believe that it was a slime that had defeated the drunkards. But all of the witnesses nodded in agreement to the innkeeper’s words.
By the way, Ao was already asleep in Shiro’s arms, perhaps because she was sleep-deprived.
“T-thank you for your cooperation in the arrest.”
“No problem. Well, for some reason, we were also made fun of by them.”
“Tch. The weaker they are, the louder they bark. Well then, I’ll take them with me.”
The drunkards who were tied with a rope hadn’t woken up yet. They were taken away in no time.
“Just what did they want to do?”
“I don’t know, but it’s probably something no good. Sometimes people bring up Red Scorpion’s name when they’re accused of eating and drinking without paying. I think it’s probably that.”
“I see. They were indeed ordering a lot of food yesterday as well.”
Everyone watched the back of the drunk men being taken away by the soldier. And thus ended this strange accident.
“Fuaa~, I’m sleepy……”
“Shiro, if you’re sleepy, you can go back to sleep.”
“Un, I’ll do that….”
The carriage departed without incident, but Shiro got sleepy on the way because she had been woken up so early in the morning. By the way, Sue and Ao were already fast asleep.
As foreseen by the innkeeper, the drunk men who were caught only gave the name of the Red Scorpion for free food and drink. Since they also threatened us and attempted to cause harm, they were sentenced to forced labor.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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